Jane MacQuitty: A glass apart

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Jane MacQuitty

Published at 12:01AM, September 8 2012

You don’t have to pay a fortune for a decent, all-purpose wine glass

It’s a fact that some expensive wine glasses make a real difference to the
taste of fine wine, but the good news is that you don’t have to pay a
fortune for a decent, all-purpose wine glass that, all-importantly, can fit
in the top drawer of the dishwasher.

I have been looking to renew my collection of everyday, one-size-fits-all
tulip-shaped glasses for what seems like years but have been stymied by the
current fashion for ridiculously long-stemmed, goldfish bowl-sized glassware
that condemn one to a life of washing and polishing by hand.